These banknotes found their way into my wallet over the past year. They are currently sitting in a money tin full of spare change and I really must find a better home for them.
They are special because (a) Australian banknotes only declared “Commonwealth of Australia” between 1966 and 1972.
And (b) Two-dollar notes were phased out for coins in 1988.
Did any other country ever have a sheep on one of its banknotes?
I’ve always suspected that the two-dollar note disappeared because MacArthur ripped them off. How that grabster rated a note is beyond me.
I found this by Googling “sheep banknotes”:
http://www.pjsymes.com.au/articles/Sheep.htm
Twitter: mgorey
says:
Yes, they may as well have put Ned Kelly on the note.
Twitter: delmerw
says:
I do like the sheep.
My middle boy just traded me $13.00 in coins so that I’d give him $13.00 in bills. One of the coins was a silver dime from the late 50s. It’s been years since I ran across a silver dime and it was a treat finding this one. I’m always surprised to find them (and wheat pennies) still in circulation.
Got heaps of old coins, and some bank notes been collecting without much interest for 20 odd years, wow haven’t got the 2 or 20 in australian though. Got a few 1920 to 1926 penny’s and a couple of 1874 penny’s, half penny’s etc some war coronation eleberation medals of June 26th 1902 urban district of Shipley / Edward the VII Queen Alexandria etc etc plus notes from overseas that date back nearly 100 years. How much is this stuff worth anyway?
It’s a good hobby but not worth much unless you are seriously into collecting, then you might get lucky flogging your coins off to another cashed-up collector.
I personally used my old coins making copper jewelery, cuff links, brooches, pendants etc. Later I learnt that this practice is actually illegal.
Not the brightest idea I ever had!
i have a dollar bill similar to those above
20$ Commonwealth of Australia – rare banknotes –
But this one in the circulated condition